Thursday, September 23, 2004

Bernard Guetta asks
: why is the Left consubstantial with the European project ? 2 traditional
reasons :
1. hatred of nationalism, reinforced by the second world war ;
2. a united Europe is needed to have sufficient weight to defend
social policies against global capital.
add to this
3. it is urgent to have a counterweight to the 'new unilateralism of
the US'.

François Bayrou : the left is reaping what it sowed (récolte
ce qu’il a semé)- by pushing the idea that liberalism is a horror and Europe equals liberalism (the British left used the same argument in 1975, I recall). Blindingly obvious that France alone cannot stand up against global capital. (France Inter, 23 Sep)

By the way, Blairisme isn't quite dead (see)
: they used one of his speeches in an advertisement for Eurostar.